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5 unusual facts about Sturgis


1955 Cincinnati mid-air collision

The DC-3 was piloted by Arthur "Slim" Werkhaven of Sturgis, Michigan with co-pilot Edward Agner of Battle Creek, Michigan and was being flown from Battle Creek en route to Lexington, Kentucky.

Orange Jacobs

After studying law, he was admitted to the Michigan bar in 1851 and commenced practice in Sturgis, Michigan.

Sturgis, Michigan

Cameron S. Brown, former state senator of the 16th Senate District of Michigan, is from Sturgis.

Trial by Fire: Greatest and Latest

The song "The House of the Rising Sun" on this album came about originally because BTO played at an outdoor concert in Sturgis, South Dakota for a biker event with Eric Burdon of The Animals also on the bill.

Yorkton Bulldogs

They gain most of their talent from Yorkton Minor Lacrosse, Whitewood and also Sturgis, Saskatchewan, where they have an outstanding field lacrosse team and program.


Amy H. Sturgis

Sturgis lives in Granite Falls, North Carolina with her husband, Larry M. Hall, who is Provost at Lenoir-Rhyne University.

Ashbel H. Barney

Also present were Barney's son and daughter with Morris K. Jesup, Theodore Wood, Salem H. Wales, Darius Ogden Mills, Benjamin Brewster, Parker Handy, Dr. T. Gaillard Thomas, Peter F. Baker, Duncan Cryden, Charles Atterbury, Hugh Murdock, Louis Murdock, James H. Thompson, Charles H. Adams, George C. Magoun, Russell Sturgis (son-in-law of Danford N. Barney), Appleton Sturgis (son of Russell Sturgis), A. Bancroft and W.P. Seymour.

CIA Kennedy assassination conspiracy theory

In his book, Assassination of JFK, published in 1977, Bernard Fensterwald claims that Sturgis was heavily involved with the Mafia, particularly with Santo Trafficante's and Meyer Lansky's activities in Florida.

Dennis Leeflang

With Ford, Leeflang toured all over Europe and the US throughout the summer and fall of 2009, including performances at prestigious events such as the Bang Your Head!!! festival in Balingen, Germany, the Gods of Metal festival in Milan, Italy, and the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, SD.

Gib Cool

A native of Pittston, Pennsylvania, Cool attended the Wyoming Seminary, the Sturgis Tutoring School and the Manlius Academy before enrolling in the College of Agriculture at Cornell University.

John Dodson, 2nd Baron Monk Bretton

Charles Brand (4th son of Mr. Speaker Brand) of Little Dene, near Lewes, by Alice Emma Sturgis, daughter of Sylvain Van de Weyer.

Live at Sturgis

It was recorded at the Buffalo Chip Campground in Sturgis, South Dakota, on August 12, 1999, during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally except for the last track, which is a new studio recording from the same year.

Poker Alice

Tubbs and Ivers did not want their children to be influenced by the world of poker, so they moved to a house just northeast of Sturgis on the Moreau River in South Dakota.

Rafael Quintero

Sturgis flew a CIA plane over Havana dropping thousands of pamphlets urging the Cuban people to overthrow the Castro regime on October 21, 1959 as part of Artime's operations.

Sturgis Turner

Also, Sturgis went through a bout of guilt in having played a part in getting Bud into shape enough to be assigned his tour of duty as JAG on a carrier near Afghanistan, which led to the accident whereby Bud lost a leg.

WBET

WBET-FM, a radio station (99.3 FM) licensed to Sturgis, Michigan, United States

Wilhelm Lübke

Grundriß der Kunstgeschichte (1860; thirteenth edition, 1899–1907; English translation, under the title Outlines of the History of Art by Clarence Cook, 1878, and reëdited by Russell Sturgis, New York, 1904)

WMSH

WBET-FM, a radio station (99.3 FM) licensed to serve Sturgis, which held the call sign WMSH-FM from 1989 to 2009

WMSK

WMSK-FM, a radio station (101.3 FM) licensed to Sturgis, Kentucky, United States


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